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Rajagopalan S, Brook RD, Salerno PRVO, Bourges-Sevenier B, Landrigan P, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Munzel T, Deo SV, Al-Kindi S. Air pollution exposure and cardiometabolic risk. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2024; 12:196-208. [PMID: 38310921 PMCID: PMC11264310 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(23)00361-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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The Global Burden of Disease assessment estimates that 20% of global type 2 diabetes cases are related to chronic exposure to particulate matter (PM) with a diameter of 2·5 μm or less (PM2·5). With 99% of the global population residing in areas where air pollution levels are above current WHO air quality guidelines, and increasing concern in regard to the common drivers of air pollution and climate change, there is a compelling need to understand the connection between air pollution and cardiometabolic disease, and pathways to address this preventable risk factor. This Review provides an up to date summary of the epidemiological evidence and mechanistic underpinnings linking air pollution with cardiometabolic risk. We also outline approaches to improve awareness, and discuss personal-level, community, governmental, and policy interventions to help mitigate the growing global public health risk of air pollution exposure.
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- Sanjay Rajagopalan
- University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good, Boston College, Boston, MA, USA; Centre Scientifique de Monaco, Monaco
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; German Center of Cardiovascular Research, Partner-Site Rhine-Main, Germany
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- Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, USA
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Zhu H, Wu Y, Kuang X, Liu H, Guo Z, Qian J, Wang D, Wang M, Chu H, Gong W, Zhang Z. Effect of PM 2.5 exposure on circulating fibrinogen and IL-6 levels: A systematic review and meta-analysis. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 271:129565. [PMID: 33460893 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution poses a great threat on global health. Previous studies have reported that PM2.5 regulates circulating fibrinogen and IL-6 levels in the development of cardiovascular and respiratory disease. However, the correlation between PM2.5 exposure and both biomarkers remains inconsistent. METHODS We searched related articles through PubMed, Web of Science and ScienceDirect. Random effects model was used to obtain a pooled estimate effect of both biomarkers as PM2.5 concentration increased by every 10 μg/m3. Meta-regression analysis, sensitivity analysis and publication bias test were conducted to evaluate the heterogeneity, stability and reliability of this meta-analysis. RESULTS A total of 22 articles were included. Each 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 concentration was significantly correlated with a 1.76% increase in circulating fibrinogen level (95% CI: 0.38%-3.14%, P = 0.013) and a 4.66% increase in IL-6 level (95% CI: 1.14%-8.18%, P = 0.010). Subgroup analysis revealed that high-level PM2.5 exposure had a more significant association with circulating IL-6 level (11.67%, 95% CI: 0.66%-22.69%, P = 0.038) than low-level exposure, but this association was not observed in fibrinogen (2.50%, 95% CI: -0.78%-5.77%, P = 0.135). Sensitivity analysis and publication bias test confirmed the stability of the results. CONCLUSION Circulating fibrinogen and IL-6 significantly increased with exposure to PM2.5, may serve as promising biomarkers for PM2.5-related adverse effects.
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- Huanhuan Zhu
- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center of Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center of Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Occupational Medicine, Yangpu Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center of Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center of Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Yizheng Hospital, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Group, Yizheng, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Yixing Cancer Hospital, Yixing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center of Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center of Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of General Surgery, Yixing People's Hospital, Yixing, China.
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China; Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, Center of Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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Wang F, Liang Q, Sun M, Ma Y, Lin L, Li T, Duan J, Sun Z. The relationship between exposure to PM 2.5 and heart rate variability in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 261:127635. [PMID: 32768749 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Ambient air pollution is recognized as a major threat to those with cardiovascular disease (CVD), especially among old adults within this high risk group. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a marker of cardiac autonomic system, which links air pollution and CVD. However, the relationship between PM and HRV has been inconsistently reported. To investigate the associations of PM2.5 and HRV in old adults whose average age was 55 years old or above, we conducted a meta-analysis of nineteen longitudinal studies including nine short-term and ten long-term studies. In the short-term exposure group, per 10 μg/m3 increase of PM2.5 was associated with decreases in the time-domain measurements, for SDNN -0.39% (95% CI: -0.72%, -0.06%) and for RMSSD -1.20% (95% CI: -2.17%, -0.23%) and in frequency-domain measurements, for LF -2.31% (95% CI: -3.85%, -0.77%) and for HF -1.87% (95% CI: -3.45%, -0.29%); In the long-term exposure group, per 10 μg/m3 increase of PM2.5 was associated with decreases in the time-domain measurements, for SDNN -0.92% (95% CI: -2.14%, 0.31%) and for RMSSD -1.96% (95% CI: -3.48%, -0.44%) and in frequency-domain measurements, for LF -2.78% (95% CI: -4.02%, -1.55%) and for HF -1.61% (95% CI: -4.02%, 0.80%). Exposure to PM2.5 is associated with decreased indicators of HRV in older adults suggesting an affected cardiac autonomic system upon exposure, which may explain the association between PM2.5 and risk of CVD in older adults. Long-term exposure to PM2.5 was more strongly associated with indicators of HRV than short-term exposure.
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- Fenghong Wang
- Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China.
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- Department of Toxicology and Sanitary Chemistry, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, PR China.
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Hung CS, Huang CC, Pan SC, Ma HP, Huang CC, Guo YLL, Ho YL. Acute particulate matter exposure is associated with disturbances in heart rate complexity in patients with prior myocardial infarction. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 733:138842. [PMID: 32446047 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ambient air pollutants can increase cardiovascular mortality. One possible mechanism is the effect on the autonomic balance of the cardiovascular system. Studies on acute effects of particulate matter (PM) exposure on heart rate variability (HRV), a surrogate marker for autonomic balance, in patients with prior myocardial infarction (MI) revealed inconsistent results. METHOD We prospectively enrolled participants with acute MI. These participants received a 24-hour Holter electrocardiography examination and echocardiography six months after the index MI. Linear [standard deviation of all normal to normal intervals, standard deviation of NN intervals (SDNN), and a low-frequency to high-frequency ratio (LF/HF)] and non-linear parameters of heart rate variability [multiscale entropy (MSE)] were calculated to show autonomic balance. Data for PM2.5, PM2.5-10, and PM10, were obtained from a fixed-site station in Taiwan. Linear mixed effect models were used to estimate acute effects (within 0-3 days) of PM exposure (per 10 μg/m3) on heart rate variability. RESULTS A total of 90 participants were enrolled in this study with a mean age of 58.7 (13.3) and 83 (92.2%) male participants. Traditional HRV parameters, SDNN and LF/HF, were positively correlated with two-day lagged PM2.5-10 and PM10 [adjusted beta coefficient: SDNN: 130.3 and 58.5; LH/HF: 0.32 and 0.21 (all p < or = 0.01)]. MSE slopes 1-5 were negatively correlated with same-day PM2.5-10 and PM10 (adjusted beta coefficient -0.011 (p = 0.01) and -0.005 (p = 0.02), respectively). The left ventricular ejection fraction was negatively correlated with one-day lagged PM2.5-10, and PM10 (adjusted beta coefficient -0.49 and -0.4, respectively; both p < 0.05), after adjusting for MI size. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that coarse PM may acutely affect cardiac autonomic balance. MSE is a sensitive marker for detecting changes in autonomic imbalance in patients with prior MI following acute PM exposure.
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- Chi-Sheng Hung
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Telehealth Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Telehealth Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and NTU Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine and NTU Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Telehealth Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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The Acute Effects of Age and Particulate Matter Exposure on Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability in Mice. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2019; 18:507-519. [PMID: 29774517 DOI: 10.1007/s12012-018-9461-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) is associated with increased cardiac morbidity and mortality with the elderly considered to be the most susceptible. The purpose of this study was to determine if exposure to PM would cause a greater impact on heart regulation in older DBA/2 (D2) male mice as determined by changes in heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV). D2 mice at the ages of 4, 12, and 19 months were instilled with 100 µg of PM or saline by aspiration. Before and after the aspiration, 3-min echocardiogram (ECG) samples for HR and HRV were recorded at 15-min intervals for 3 h along with corresponding measurements of homeostasis, such as temperature, metabolism, and ventilation. PM exposure resulted in an increase in HRV, declines in HR, and altered measures of homeostasis for a subset of the 12-mo mice. The PM aspiration did not affect cardiac or homeostasis parameters in the 4- or 19-mo mice. Our results suggest that a select group of middle-age mice are more susceptible to alterations in their heart rhythm after PM exposure and highlight that there are acute age-related differences in heart rhythm following PM exposure.
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Giles LV, Carlsten C, Koehle MS. The pulmonary and autonomic effects of high-intensity and low-intensity exercise in diesel exhaust. Environ Health 2018; 17:87. [PMID: 30541575 PMCID: PMC6292001 DOI: 10.1186/s12940-018-0434-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Exposure to air pollution impairs aspects of pulmonary and autonomic function and causes pulmonary inflammation. However, how exercising in air pollution affects these indices is poorly understood. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of low-intensity and high-intensity cycling with diesel exhaust (DE) exposure on pulmonary function, heart rate variability (HRV), fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), norepinephrine and symptoms. METHODS Eighteen males performed 30-min trials of low-intensity or high-intensity cycling (30 and 60% of power at VO2peak) or a resting control condition. For each subject, each trial was performed once breathing filtered air (FA) and once breathing DE (300μg/m3 of PM2.5, six trials in total). Pulmonary function, FeNO, HRV, norepinephrine and symptoms were measured prior to, immediately post, 1 h and 2 h post-exposure. Data were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA. RESULTS Throat and chest symptoms were significantly greater immediately following DE exposure than following FA (p < 0.05). FeNO significantly increased 1 h following high-intensity exercise in DE (21.9 (2.4) vs. 19.3 (2.2) ppb) and FA (22.7 (1.7) vs. 19.9 (1.4)); however, there were no differences between the exposure conditions. All HRV indices significantly decreased following high-intensity exercise (p < 0.05) in DE and FA. The exception to this pattern was LF (nu) and LF/HF ratio, which significantly increased following high-intensity exercise (p < 0.05). Plasma norepinephrine (NE) significantly increased following high-intensity exercise in DE and FA, and this increase was greater than following rest and low-intensity exercise (p < 0.05). DE exposure did not modify any effects of exercise intensity on HRV or norepinephrine. CONCLUSIONS Healthy individuals may not experience greater acute pulmonary and autonomic effects from exercising in DE compared to FA; therefore, it is unclear if such individuals will benefit from reducing vigorous activity on days with high concentrations on particulate matter.
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- Luisa V Giles
- Sport Science Department, Douglas College, 700 Royal Ave, New Westminster, BC, V3M 5Z5, Canada.
- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Institute for Heart and Lung Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Division of Sports Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Cytotoxicity of Air Pollutant 9,10-Phenanthrenequinone: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species and Redox Signaling. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 2018:9523968. [PMID: 29984252 PMCID: PMC6015725 DOI: 10.1155/2018/9523968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Atmospheric pollution has been a principal topic recently in the scientific and political community due to its role and impact on human and ecological health. 9,10-phenanthrenequinone (9,10-PQ) is a quinone molecule found in air pollution abundantly in the diesel exhaust particles (DEP). This compound has studied extensively and has been shown to develop cytotoxic effects both in vitro and in vivo. 9, 10-PQ has been proposed to play a critical role in the development of cytotoxicity via generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) through redox cycling. This compound also reduces expression of glutathione (GSH), which is critical in Phase II detoxification reactions. Understanding the underlying cellular mechanisms involved in cytotoxicity can allow for the development of therapeutics designed to target specific molecules significantly involved in the 9,10-PQ-induced ROS toxicity. This review highlights the developments in the understanding of the cytotoxic effects of 9, 10-PQ with special emphasis on the possible mechanisms involved.
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Cardio-Respiratory Effects of Air Pollution in a Panel Study of Outdoor Physical Activity and Health in Rural Older Adults. J Occup Environ Med 2018. [PMID: 28628045 PMCID: PMC5374748 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000000954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Objective: To examine cardio-respiratory effects of air pollution in rural older adults exercising outdoors. Methods: Adults 55 and over completed measurements of blood pressure, peak expiratory flow and oximetry daily, and of heart rate variability, endothelial function, spirometry, fraction of exhaled nitric oxide and urinary oxidative stress markers weekly, before and after outdoor exercise, for 10 weeks. Data were analyzed using linear mixed effect models. Results: Pooled estimates combining 2013 (n = 36 participants) and 2014 (n = 41) indicated that an interquartile increase in the air quality health index (AQHI) was associated with a significant (P < 0.05) increase in heart rate (2.1%) and significant decreases in high frequency power (−19.1%), root mean square of successive differences (−9.5%), and reactive hyperemia index (−6.5%). Conclusions: We observed acute subclinical adverse effects of air pollution in rural older adults exercising outdoors.
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Chu H, Xin J, Yuan Q, Zhang X, Pan W, Zeng X, Chen Y, Ma G, Ge Y, Du M, Tong N, Li X, Zhang Z, Wang M. Evaluation of vulnerable PM 2.5-exposure individuals: a repeated-measure study in an elderly population. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:11833-11840. [PMID: 29446019 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1412-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Numerous studies have shown that elderly people are susceptible to high-level particles with aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5) exposure. However, not all elderly people exposed to PM2.5 suffer from diseases. In this study, we aim to establish a method to predict the vulnerable PM2.5-exposure individuals among elderly population. Fourteen elderly people were recruited from May 8 to July 4, 2016, in Nanjing, China. Ten physiological indicators were repeatedly measured for 15 times. Liner mixed-effects model, principal component analysis (PCA), and PM2.5 lag score were used to estimate the effects of PM2.5 on blood pressure, pulse, and lung function. As a result, each quartile increase of ambient PM2.5 was significantly associated with increased pulse (P < 0.05 for lag0, 1, 4, 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, and 0-5 days), decreased blood pressure (P < 0.05 for lag4 and 0-3 days), and decreased lung function (P < 0.05 for lag0, 1, 0-1, and 0-2 days) among the 14 elderly people. In terms of pulse or lung function, three elderly people were considered as vulnerable PM2.5-exposure individuals. No vulnerable individual was found for blood pressure. Blood pressure, pulse, and lung function could be affected by high-level PM2.5 exposure in elderly people. This method for screening three elderly people may provide a new insight on identifying the vulnerable PM2.5-exposure individuals.
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- Haiyan Chu
- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, 211166, China
- Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, 211166, China
- Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, 211166, China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, 211166, China.
- Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Environmental Genomics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention and Treatment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing, 211166, China.
- Department of Genetic Toxicology, The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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Altemose B, Robson MG, Kipen HM, Ohman Strickland P, Meng Q, Gong J, Huang W, Wang G, Rich DQ, Zhu T, Zhang J. Association of air pollution sources and aldehydes with biomarkers of blood coagulation, pulmonary inflammation, and systemic oxidative stress. JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2017; 27:244-250. [PMID: 27436693 DOI: 10.1038/jes.2016.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Using data collected before, during, and after the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, this study examines associations between biomarkers of blood coagulation (vWF, sCD62P and sCD40L), pulmonary inflammation (EBC pH, EBC nitrite, and eNO), and systemic oxidative stress (urinary 8-OHdG) with sources of air pollution identified utilizing principal component analysis and with concentrations of three aldehydes of health concern. Associations between the biomarkers and the air pollution source types and aldehydes were examined using a linear mixed effects model, regressing through seven lag days and controlling for ambient temperature, relative humidity, gender, and day of week for the biomarker measurements. The biomarkers for pulmonary inflammation, particularly EBC pH and eNO, were most consistently associated with vehicle and industrial combustion, oil combustion, and vegetative burning. The biomarkers for blood coagulation, particularly vWF and sCD62p, were most consistently associated with oil combustion. Systemic oxidative stress biomarker (8-OHdG) was most consistently associated with vehicle and industrial combustion. The associations of the biomarkers were generally not significant or consistent with secondary formation of pollutants and with the aldehydes. The findings support policies to control anthropogenic pollution sources rather than natural soil or road dust from a cardio-respiratory health standpoint.
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- Brent Altemose
- School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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- Environmental and Occupational Sciences Institute (EOHSI), Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Nicholas School of the Environment and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Nicholas School of the Environment and Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
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Sigsgaard T, Forsberg B, Annesi-Maesano I, Blomberg A, Bølling A, Boman C, Bønløkke J, Brauer M, Bruce N, Héroux ME, Hirvonen MR, Kelly F, Künzli N, Lundbäck B, Moshammer H, Noonan C, Pagels J, Sallsten G, Sculier JP, Brunekreef B. Health impacts of anthropogenic biomass burning in the developed world. Eur Respir J 2015; 46:1577-88. [PMID: 26405285 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01865-2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Climate change policies have stimulated a shift towards renewable energy sources such as biomass. The economic crisis of 2008 has also increased the practice of household biomass burning as it is often cheaper than using oil, gas or electricity for heating. As a result, household biomass combustion is becoming an important source of air pollutants in the European Union.This position paper discusses the contribution of biomass combustion to pollution levels in Europe, and the emerging evidence on the adverse health effects of biomass combustion products.Epidemiological studies in the developed world have documented associations between indoor and outdoor exposure to biomass combustion products and a range of adverse health effects. A conservative estimate of the current contribution of biomass smoke to premature mortality in Europe amounts to at least 40 000 deaths per year.We conclude that emissions from current biomass combustion products negatively affect respiratory and, possibly, cardiovascular health in Europe. Biomass combustion emissions, in contrast to emissions from most other sources of air pollution, are increasing. More needs to be done to further document the health effects of biomass combustion in Europe, and to reduce emissions of harmful biomass combustion products to protect public health.
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- Torben Sigsgaard
- University of Aarhus, Institute of Public Health, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Dept of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Environmental Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- INSERM UMR-S 1136, Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, Paris, France UPMC, UMR-S 1136, Institute Pierre Louis of Epidemiology and Public Health, Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases, Paris, France
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- Dept of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Division of Environmental Medicine, Dept of Air Pollution and Noise, Oslo, Norway
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- Thermochemical Energy Conversion Laboratory, Dept of Applied Physics and Electronics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- University of Aarhus, Institute of Public Health, Aarhus, Denmark
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- University of British Columbia, School of Population and Public Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Krefting Research Centre, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Environmental Health, Vienna, Austria
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- The University of Montana, Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Missoula, MT, USA
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- Lund University, Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Utrecht University, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Feng Y, Huang X, Sun H, Liu C, Zhang B, Zhang Z, Sharma Tengur V, Chen W, Wu T, Yuan J, Zhang X. Framingham risk score modifies the effect of PM10 on heart rate variability. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2015; 523:146-151. [PMID: 25863505 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Revised: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Health conditions may greatly modify the association between particulate matter (PM) and heart rate variability (HRV), but whether the modification of PM effect by coronary artery disease (CAD) risk status depends on the PM levels remains unknown. We investigated the associations between personal exposures to PM with aerodynamic diameter of ≤10μm (PM10) and ≤2.5μm (PM2.5) and concurrent HRV, and whether the effect of PM on HRV was modified by Framingham risk score (FRS) in healthy subjects with different PM exposure levels. Personal exposures to PM10 and PM2.5 were measured for 24h in 152 volunteers of community residents who were free of cardiovascular disease in two cities (Zhuhai and Wuhan) that differ in air quality. Simultaneously, 24h HRV indices were obtained from 3-channel Holter monitor. FRS was calculated based on age, sex, lipid profiles, blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking status. Linear regression models were constructed after adjusting for potential confounders. We found significant decrease in total power (TP) and low power (LF) with increased PM10 concentrations (P for trend<0.05) in the high PM levels city (Wuhan) and total population, but not in the low PM levels city (Zhuhai). We also observed significant modification of FRS on PM10 effect in Wuhan. Interestingly, elevated PM10 was associated in a greater decreased HRV in the low FRS subgroup, but not in the high FRS subgroup. However, we did not find any significant main effects of PM2.5 or PM2.5-FRS interactions on HRV in city-specified or city-combined analyses. Overall, the findings indicate that individual coronary risk profiles may modulate the association between particulate air pollution and HRV in high PM exposure levels.
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- Yingying Feng
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Ministry of Education Key Lab for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
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Rohr AC, Campleman SL, Long CM, Peterson MK, Weatherstone S, Quick W, Lewis A. Potential Occupational Exposures and Health Risks Associated with Biomass-Based Power Generation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2015; 12:8542-605. [PMID: 26206568 PMCID: PMC4515735 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120708542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Biomass is increasingly being used for power generation; however, assessment of potential occupational health and safety (OH&S) concerns related to usage of biomass fuels in combustion-based generation remains limited. We reviewed the available literature on known and potential OH&S issues associated with biomass-based fuel usage for electricity generation at the utility scale. We considered three potential exposure scenarios--pre-combustion exposure to material associated with the fuel, exposure to combustion products, and post-combustion exposure to ash and residues. Testing of dust, fungal and bacterial levels at two power stations was also undertaken. Results indicated that dust concentrations within biomass plants can be extremely variable, with peak levels in some areas exceeding occupational exposure limits for wood dust and general inhalable dust. Fungal spore types, identified as common environmental species, were higher than in outdoor air. Our review suggests that pre-combustion risks, including bioaerosols and biogenic organics, should be considered further. Combustion and post-combustion risks appear similar to current fossil-based combustion. In light of limited available information, additional studies at power plants utilizing a variety of technologies and biomass fuels are recommended.
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- Annette C Rohr
- Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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- ON Technologies (Ratcliffe) Ltd., Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire, NG11 0EE, UK.
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- ON Technologies (Ratcliffe) Ltd., Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire, NG11 0EE, UK.
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Haikerwal A, Akram M, Del Monaco A, Smith K, Sim MR, Meyer M, Tonkin AM, Abramson MJ, Dennekamp M. Impact of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Exposure During Wildfires on Cardiovascular Health Outcomes. J Am Heart Assoc 2015; 4:JAHA.114.001653. [PMID: 26178402 PMCID: PMC4608063 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.001653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Background Epidemiological studies investigating the role of fine particulate matter (PM2.5; aerodynamic diameter <2.5 μm) in triggering acute coronary events, including out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and ischemic heart disease (IHD), during wildfires have been inconclusive. Methods and Results We examined the associations of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, IHD, acute myocardial infarction, and angina (hospital admissions and emergency department attendance) with PM2.5 concentrations during the 2006–2007 wildfires in Victoria, Australia, using a time-stratified case-crossover study design. Health data were obtained from comprehensive health-based administrative registries for the study period (December 2006 to January 2007). Modeled and validated air exposure data from wildfire smoke emissions (daily average PM2.5, temperature, relative humidity) were also estimated for this period. There were 457 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, 2106 emergency department visits, and 3274 hospital admissions for IHD. After adjusting for temperature and relative humidity, an increase in interquartile range of 9.04 μg/m3 in PM2.5 over 2 days moving average (lag 0-1) was associated with a 6.98% (95% CI 1.03% to 13.29%) increase in risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, with strong association shown by men (9.05%,95%CI 1.63% to 17.02%) and by older adults (aged ≥65 years) (7.25%, 95% CI 0.24% to 14.75%). Increase in risk was (2.07%, 95% CI 0.09% to 4.09%) for IHD-related emergency department attendance and (1.86%, 95% CI: 0.35% to 3.4%) for IHD-related hospital admissions at lag 2 days, with strong associations shown by women (3.21%, 95% CI 0.81% to 5.67%) and by older adults (2.41%, 95% CI 0.82% to 5.67%). Conclusion PM2.5 exposure was associated with increased risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and IHD during the 2006–2007 wildfires in Victoria. This evidence indicates that PM2.5 may act as a triggering factor for acute coronary events during wildfire episodes.
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- Anjali Haikerwal
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.H., M.A., A.D.M., M.R.S., A.M.T., M.J.A., M.D.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.H., M.A., A.D.M., M.R.S., A.M.T., M.J.A., M.D.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.H., M.A., A.D.M., M.R.S., A.M.T., M.J.A., M.D.)
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- Research and Evaluation Department, Ambulance Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (K.S.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.H., M.A., A.D.M., M.R.S., A.M.T., M.J.A., M.D.)
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmospheric Flagship, Aspendale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (M.M.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.H., M.A., A.D.M., M.R.S., A.M.T., M.J.A., M.D.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.H., M.A., A.D.M., M.R.S., A.M.T., M.J.A., M.D.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A.H., M.A., A.D.M., M.R.S., A.M.T., M.J.A., M.D.)
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Mirowsky J, Gordon T. Noninvasive effects measurements for air pollution human studies: methods, analysis, and implications. JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2015; 25:354-80. [PMID: 25605444 PMCID: PMC6659729 DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Revised: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 11/05/2014] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Human exposure studies, compared with cell and animal models, are heavily relied upon to study the associations between health effects in humans and air pollutant inhalation. Human studies vary in exposure methodology, with some work conducted in controlled settings, whereas other studies are conducted in ambient environments. Human studies can also vary in the health metrics explored, as there exists a myriad of health effect end points commonly measured. In this review, we compiled mini reviews of the most commonly used noninvasive health effect end points that are suitable for panel studies of air pollution, broken into cardiovascular end points, respiratory end points, and biomarkers of effect from biological specimens. Pertinent information regarding each health end point and the suggested methods for mobile collection in the field are assessed. In addition, the clinical implications for each health end point are summarized, along with the factors identified that can modify each measurement. Finally, the important research findings regarding each health end point and air pollutant exposures were reviewed. It appeared that most of the adverse health effects end points explored were found to positively correlate with pollutant levels, although differences in study design, pollutants measured, and study population were found to influence the magnitude of these effects. Thus, this review is intended to act as a guide for researchers interested in conducting human exposure studies of air pollutants while in the field, although there can be a wider application for using these end points in many epidemiological study designs.
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- Jaime Mirowsky
- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, Tuxedo, New York, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine, Tuxedo, New York, USA
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Gatto MP, Gariazzo C, Gordiani A, L'Episcopo N, Gherardi M. Children and elders exposure assessment to particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the city of Rome, Italy. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 21:13152-13159. [PMID: 24374616 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2442-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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It has been amply demonstrated that exposure to fine particulate matter, containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), may have adverse effects on human health, affecting especially the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Among population, school-age children and elders present particular susceptibilities and unique exposures to environmental factors. The study presented in this paper belongs to the Project EXPAH, founded by the European (EU) LIFE+ instrument, and consists of the personal monitoring of five elementary school children and four elders during the spring and the summer/autumn of the year 2012 in the city of Rome, Italy. The average exposure, expressed as the sum of eight high-molecular-weight PAHs, resulted equal to 0.70 ng/m(3) (SD = 0.37) for children and 0.59 ng/m(3) (SD = 0.23) for the elderly people. The mean levels of gravimetric PM2.5 were equal to 23 μg/m(3) (SD = 10) and 15 μg/m(3) (SD = 4) for children and elders, respectively. During spring and summer seasons, personal BaPeq resulted well below the EU Air Quality reference value of 1 ng/m(3). The personal monitoring average values were in the same order of magnitude with available indoor and outdoor environmental data in Rome during the same periods, for both PAHs and PM2.5. The results suggest that, during non-heating seasons, the personal exposure to PAHs in the city of Rome can be mainly ascribed to the urban background, especially traffic emissions and road dust resuspension; secondhand cigarette smoke can be also considered another possible source of PAHs personal exposure.
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- Maria Pia Gatto
- Department of Occupational Hygiene, INAIL, Via F. Candida 1, 00040, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy,
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Zhang J, Zhu T, Kipen H, Wang G, Huang W, Rich D, Zhu P, Wang Y, Lu SE, Ohman-Strickland P, Diehl S, Hu M, Tong J, Gong J, Thomas D. Cardiorespiratory biomarker responses in healthy young adults to drastic air quality changes surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Res Rep Health Eff Inst 2013:5-174. [PMID: 23646463 PMCID: PMC4086245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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Associations between air pollution and cardiorespiratory mortality and morbidity have been well established, but data to support biologic mechanisms underlying these associations are limited. We designed this study to examine several prominently hypothesized mechanisms by assessing Beijing residents' biologic responses, at the biomarker level, to drastic changes in air quality brought about by unprecedented air pollution control measures implemented during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. To test the hypothesis that changes in air pollution levels are associated with changes in biomarker levels reflecting inflammation, hemostasis, oxidative stress, and autonomic tone, we recruited and retained 125 nonsmoking adults (19 to 33 years old) free of cardiorespiratory and other chronic diseases. Using the combination of a quasi-experimental design and a panel-study approach, we measured biomarkers of autonomic dysfunction (heart rate [HR*] and heart rate variability [HRV]), of systemic inflammation and oxidative stress (plasma C-reactive protein [CRP], fibrinogen, blood cell counts and differentials, and urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine [8-OHdG]), of pulmonary inflammation and oxidative stress (fractional exhaled nitric oxide [FeNO], exhaled breath condensate [EBC] pH, EBC nitrate, EBC nitrite, EBC nitrite+nitrate [sum of the concentrations of nitrite and nitrate], and EBC 8-isoprostane), of hemostasis (platelet activation [plasma sCD62P and sCD40L], platelet aggregation, and von Willebrand factor [vWF]), and of blood pressure (systolic blood pressure [SBP] and diastolic blood pressure [DBP]). These biomarkers were measured on each subject twice before, twice during, and twice after the Beijing Olympics. For each subject, repeated measurements were separated by at least one week to avoid potential residual effects from a prior measurement. We measured a large suite of air pollutants (PM2.5 [particulate matter < or = 2.5 microm in aerodynamic diameter] and constituents, sulfur dioxide [SO2], carbon monoxide [CO], nitrogen dioxide [NO2], and ozone [O3]) throughout the study at a central Beijing site near the residences and workplaces of the subjects on a daily basis. Total particle number (TPN) was also measured at a separate site. We used a time-series analysis to assess changes in pollutant concentration by period (pre-, during-, and post-Olympics periods). We used mixed-effects models to assess changes in biomarker levels by period and to estimate changes associated with increases in pollutant concentrations, controlling for ambient temperature, relative humidity (RH), sex, and the day of the week of the biomarker measurements. We conducted sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of potential temporal confounding and exposure misclassification. We observed reductions in mean concentrations for all measured pollutants except O3 from the pre-Olympics period to the during-Olympics period. On average, elemental carbon (EC) changed by -36%, TPN by -22%, SO2 by -60%, CO by -48%, and NO2 by -43% (P < 0.05 for all these pollutants). Reductions were observed in mean concentrations of PM2.5 (by -27%), sulfate (SO4(2-)) (by -13%), and organic carbon (OC) (by -23%); however, these values were not statistically significant. Both 24-hour averages and 1-hour maximums of O3 increased (by 20% and 17%, respectively) from the pre-Olympics to the during-Olympics period. In the post-Olympics period after the pollution control measures were relaxed, mean concentrations of most pollutants (with the exception of SO4(2-) and O3) increased to levels similar to or higher than pre-Olympics levels. Concomitantly and consistent with the hypothesis, we observed, from the pre-Olympics to the during-Olympics period, statistically significant (P < or = 0.05) or marginally significant (0.05 < P < 0.1) decreases in HR (-1 bpm or -1.7% [95% CI, -3.4 to -0.1]), SBP (-1.6 mmHg or -1.8% [95% CI, -3.9 to 0.4]), 8-OHdG (-58.3% [95% CI, -72.5 to -36.7]), FeNO (-60.3% [95% CI, -66.0 to -53.6]), EBC nitrite (-30.0% [95% CI, -39.3 to -19.3]), EBC nitrate (-21.5% [95% CI, -35.5 to -4.5]), EBC nitrite+nitrate (-17.6% [95% CI, -28.4 to -5.1]), EBC hydrogen ions (-46% [calculated from EBC pH], or +3.5% in EBC pH [95% CI, 2.2 to 4.9]), sCD62P (-34% [95% CI, -38.4 to -29.2]), sCD40L (-5.7% [95% CI, -10.5 to -0.7]), and vWF (-13.1% [95% CI, -18.6 to -7.5]). Moreover, the percentages of above-detection values out of all observations were significantly lower for plasma CRP and EBC 8-isoprostane in the during-Olympics period compared with the pre-Olympics period. In the post-Olympics period, the levels of the following biomarkers reversed (increased, either with or without statistical significance) from those in the during-Olympics period: SBP (10.7% [95% CI, 2.8 to 18.6]), fibrinogen (4.3% [95% CI, -1.7 to 10.2), neutrophil count (4.7% [95% CI, -7.7 to 17.0]), 8-OHdG (315% [95% CI, 62.0 to 962]), FeNO (130% [95% CI, 62.5 to 225]), EBC nitrite (159% [95% CI, 71.8 to 292]), EBC nitrate (161% [95% CI, 48.0 to 362]), EBC nitrite+nitrate (124% [95% CI, 50.9 to 233]), EBC hydrogen ions (146% [calculated from EBC pH] or -4.8% in EBC pH [95% CI, -9.4 to -0.21), sCD62P (33.7% [95% CI, 17.7 to 51.8]), and sCD40L (9.1% [95% CI, -3.7 to 23.5]). Furthermore, these biomarkers also showed statistically significant associations with multiple pollutants across different lags after adjusting for meteorologic parameters. The associations were in the directions hypothesized and were consistent with the findings from the comparisons between periods, providing further evidence that the period effects were due to changes in air quality, independent of season and meteorologic conditions or other potential confounders. Contrary to our hypothesis, however, we observed increases in platelet aggregation, red blood cells (RBCs) and white blood cells (WBCs) associated with the during-Olympics period, as well as significant negative associations of these biomarkers with pollutant concentrations. We did not observe significant changes in any of the HRV indices and DBP by period. However, we observed associations between a few HRV indices and pollutant concentrations. Changes in air pollution levels during the Beijing Olympics were associated with acute changes in biomarkers of pulmonary and systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, and hemostasis and in measures of cardiovascular physiology (HR and SBP) in healthy, young adults. These changes support the prominently hypothesized mechanistic pathways underlying the cardiorespiratory effects of air pollution.
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- Junfeng Zhang
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
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Pieters N, Plusquin M, Cox B, Kicinski M, Vangronsveld J, Nawrot TS. An epidemiological appraisal of the association between heart rate variability and particulate air pollution: a meta-analysis. Heart 2012; 98:1127-35. [PMID: 22628541 PMCID: PMC3392690 DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Objective Studies on the association between short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and heart rate variability (HRV) suggest that particulate matter (PM) exposure is associated with reductions in measures of HRV, but there is heterogeneity in the nature and magnitude of this association between studies. The authors performed a meta-analysis to determine how consistent this association is. Data source The authors searched the Pubmed citation database and Web of Knowledge to identify studies on HRV and PM. Study selection Of the epidemiologic studies reviewed, 29 provided sufficient details to be considered. The meta-analysis included 18667 subjects recruited from the population in surveys, studies from patient groups, and from occupationally exposed groups. Data extraction Two investigators read all papers and computerised all relevant information. Results The authors computed pooled estimates from a random-effects model. In the combined studies, an increase of 10 μg/m3 in PM2.5 was associated with significant reductions in the time-domain measurements, including low frequency (−1.66%, 95% CI −2.58% to −0.74%) and high frequency (−2.44%, 95% CI −3.76% to −1.12%) and in frequency-domain measurements, for SDNN (−0.12%, 95% CI −0.22% to −0.03%) and for rMSSD (−2.18%, 95% CI −3.33% to −1.03%). Funnel plots suggested that no publication bias was present and a sensitivity analysis confirmed the robustness of our combined estimates. Conclusion The meta-analysis supports an inverse relationship between HRV, a marker for a worse cardiovascular prognosis, and particulate air pollution.
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- Nicky Pieters
- Hasselt University, Agoralaan Gebouw D, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Rückerl R, Schneider A, Breitner S, Cyrys J, Peters A. Health effects of particulate air pollution: A review of epidemiological evidence. Inhal Toxicol 2012; 23:555-92. [PMID: 21864219 DOI: 10.3109/08958378.2011.593587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 311] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Regina Rückerl
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology II, Neuherberg, Germany.
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He F, Shaffer ML, Rodriguez-Colon S, Yanosky JD, Bixler E, Cascio WE, Liao D. Acute effects of fine particulate air pollution on cardiac arrhythmia: the APACR study. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2011; 119:927-32. [PMID: 21398201 PMCID: PMC3222979 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 03/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND The mechanisms underlying the relationship between particulate matter (PM) air pollution and cardiac disease are not fully understood. OBJECTIVES We examined the effects and time course of exposure to fine PM [aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM(2.5))] on cardiac arrhythmia in 105 middle-age community-dwelling healthy nonsmokers in central Pennsylvania. METHODS The 24-hr beat-to-beat electrocardiography data were obtained using a high-resolution Holter system. After visually identifying and removing artifacts, we summarized the total number of premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) and premature atrial contractions (PACs) for each 30-min segment. A personal PM(2.5) nephelometer was used to measure individual-level real-time PM(2.5) exposures for 24 hr. We averaged these data to obtain 30-min average time-specific PM(2.5) exposures. Distributed lag models under the framework of negative binomial regression and generalized estimating equations were used to estimate the rate ratio between 10-μg/m³ increases in average PM(2.5) over 30-min intervals and ectopy counts. RESULTS The mean ± SD age of participants was 56 ± 8 years, with 40% male and 73% non-Hispanic white. The 30-min mean ± SD for PM(2.5) exposure was 13 ± 22 μg/m³, and PAC and PVC counts were 0.92 ± 4.94 and 1.22 ± 7.18. Increases of 10 μg/m³ in average PM(2.5) concentrations during the same 30 min or the previous 30 min were associated with 8% and 3% increases in average PVC counts, respectively. PM(2.5) was not significantly associated with PAC count. CONCLUSION PM(2.5) exposure within approximately 60 min was associated with increased PVC counts in healthy individuals.
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- Fan He
- Department of Public Health Sciences, the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
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Jia X, Song X, Shima M, Tamura K, Deng F, Guo X. Effects of fine particulate on heart rate variability in Beijing: a panel study of healthy elderly subjects. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2011; 85:97-107. [DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0646-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2010] [Accepted: 04/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rich DQ, Kipen HM, Zhang J, Kamat L, Wilson AC, Kostis JB. Triggering of transmural infarctions, but not nontransmural infarctions, by ambient fine particles. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2010; 118:1229-34. [PMID: 20435544 PMCID: PMC2944082 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2009] [Accepted: 04/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have reported increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) after increases in ambient particulate matter (PM) air pollution concentrations in the hours and days before MI onset. OBJECTIVES We hypothesized that acute increases in fine PM with aerodynamic diameter < or = 2.5 microm (PM(2.5)) may be associated with increased risk of MI and that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and diabetes may increase susceptibility to PM(2.5). We also explored whether both transmural and nontransmural infarctions were acutely associated with ambient PM(2.5) concentrations. METHODS We studied all hospital admissions from 2004 through 2006 for first acute MI of adult residents of New Jersey who lived within 10 km of a PM(2.5) monitoring site (n = 5,864), as well as ambient measurements of PM(2.5), nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and ozone. RESULTS Using a time-stratified case-crossover design and conditional logistic regression showed that each interquartile-range increase in PM(2.5) concentration (10.8 microg/m3) in the 24 hr before arriving at the emergency department for MI was not associated with MI overall but was associated with an increased relative risk of a transmural infarction. We found no association between the same increase in PM(2.5) and nontransmural infarction. Further, subjects with COPD appeared to be particularly susceptible, but those with diabetes were not. CONCLUSIONS This PM-transmural infarction association is consistent with earlier studies of PM and MI. The lack of association with nontransmural infarction suggests that future studies that investigate the triggering of MI by ambient PM(2.5) concentrations should be stratified by infarction type.
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- David Q Rich
- School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
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BACKGROUND Air pollution may increase the incidence of ventricular cardiac arrhythmias. We investigated this in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators attending London clinics. METHOD We explored associations between dates of activation of defibrillators and daily concentrations of various metrics of particulate matter and of pollutant gases at lags from 0 to 5 days, using a fixed-stratum case-crossover analysis controlling for confounding factors. RESULTS Over an average of 1200 days of observation, 705 patients experienced 5462 activation days. Of 11 pollutants considered, we found positive associations with particle sulfate, particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 10 microm and less than 2.5 microm, ozone, and sulfur dioxide. Only the association for particle sulfate was not easily explainable by chance (for 1 microg/m, lag 0-1 day, odds ratio = 1.025 [95% confidence interval = 1.003 to 1.047]). There was little or no evidence of associations with markers of primary vehicle emissions (particle number concentration, black smoke, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide). There was little evidence of interactions with clinical factors such as ischemic heart disease, frequency of activation, or cardiac drugs. CONCLUSION Overall there was little evidence of an association between air pollution and activation of implantable cardioverter defibrillators. The pollutants with positive associations tended to be those of secondary origin with a regional distribution, rather than primary pollutants emitted from transport sources.
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Wilson MD, McGlothlin JD, Rosenthal FS, Black DR, Zimmerman NJ, Bridges CD. Ergonomics. The effect of occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke on the heart rate variability of bar and restaurant workers. JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE 2010; 7:D44-D49. [PMID: 20473817 DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2010.483980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Changes in heart rate variability (HRV) have been linked with cardiac disease and death. Exposure to particulate matter from various sources such as tobacco smoke has been shown to cause alterations in HRV. This study investigated the effects of occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) on HRV. Air monitoring was conducted in three bars in which smoking was permitted and one bar where smoking was not permitted. Pre- and post-work shift heart rate monitoring was conducted on volunteer staff from the establishments. Heart rate variability parameters, including SDNN and RMSSD, were calculated, and the differences between pre- and post-shift values were plotted and analyzed with respect to ETS exposure. Post-shift minus pre-shift values of SDNN and RMSSD significantly decreased with exposure to ETS (p < 0.05). Occupational exposure to ETS may decrease heart rate variability.
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- Mark D Wilson
- Purdue University School of Health Sciences, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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Burgan O, Smargiassi A, Perron S, Kosatsky T. Cardiovascular effects of sub-daily levels of ambient fine particles: a systematic review. Environ Health 2010; 9:26. [PMID: 20550697 PMCID: PMC2895599 DOI: 10.1186/1476-069x-9-26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2010] [Accepted: 06/15/2010] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND While the effects of daily fine particulate exposure (PM) have been well reviewed, the epidemiological and physiological evidence of cardiovascular effects associated to sub-daily exposures has not. We performed a theoretical model-driven systematic non-meta-analytical literature review to document the association between PM sub-daily exposures (< or =6 hours) and arrhythmia, ischemia and myocardial infarction (MI) as well as the likely mechanisms by which sub-daily PM exposures might induce these acute cardiovascular effects. This review was motivated by the assessment of the risk of exposure to elevated sub-daily levels of PM during fireworks displays. METHODS Medline and Elsevier's EMBase were consulted for the years 1996-2008. Search keywords covered potential cardiovascular effects, the pollutant of interest and the short duration of the exposure. Only epidemiological and experimental studies of adult humans (age > 18 yrs) published in English were reviewed. Information on design, population and PM exposure characteristics, and presence of an association with selected cardiovascular effects or physiological assessments was extracted from retrieved articles. RESULTS Of 231 articles identified, 49 were reviewed. Of these, 17 addressed the relationship between sub-daily exposures to PM and cardiovascular effects: five assessed ST-segment depression indicating ischemia, eight assessed arrhythmia or fibrillation and five considered MI. Epidemiologic studies suggest that exposure to sub-daily levels of PM is associated with MI and ischemic events in the elderly. Epidemiological studies of sub-daily exposures suggest a plausible biological mechanism involving the autonomic nervous system while experimental studies suggest that vasomotor dysfunction may also relate to the occurrence of MI and ischemic events. CONCLUSIONS Future studies should clarify associations between cardiovascular effects of sub-daily PM exposure with PM size fraction and concurrent gaseous pollutant exposures. Experimental studies appear more promising for elucidating the physiological mechanisms, time courses and causes than epidemiological studies which employ central pollution monitors for measuring effects and for assessing their time course. Although further studies are needed to strengthen the evidence, given that exposure to sub-daily high levels of PM (for a few hours) is frequent and given the suggestive evidence that sub-daily PM exposures are associated with the occurrence of cardiovascular effects, we recommend that persons with cardiovascular diseases avoid such situations.
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- Omar Burgan
- Département de santé environnementale et santé au travail, Université de Montréal, Canada
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- Département de santé environnementale et santé au travail, Université de Montréal, Canada
- Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec (INSPQ), 1301 Sherbrooke Est, Montréal (Québec), H2L 1M3, Canada
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- Direction de Santé Publique de l'Agence de la Santé et des Services Sociaux de Montréal, Canada
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- British Columbia Center for Disease Control, Canada
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Brook RD, Rajagopalan S, Pope CA, Brook JR, Bhatnagar A, Diez-Roux AV, Holguin F, Hong Y, Luepker RV, Mittleman MA, Peters A, Siscovick D, Smith SC, Whitsel L, Kaufman JD. Particulate matter air pollution and cardiovascular disease: An update to the scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2010; 121:2331-78. [PMID: 20458016 DOI: 10.1161/cir.0b013e3181dbece1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3826] [Impact Index Per Article: 273.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In 2004, the first American Heart Association scientific statement on "Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease" concluded that exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution contributes to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In the interim, numerous studies have expanded our understanding of this association and further elucidated the physiological and molecular mechanisms involved. The main objective of this updated American Heart Association scientific statement is to provide a comprehensive review of the new evidence linking PM exposure with cardiovascular disease, with a specific focus on highlighting the clinical implications for researchers and healthcare providers. The writing group also sought to provide expert consensus opinions on many aspects of the current state of science and updated suggestions for areas of future research. On the basis of the findings of this review, several new conclusions were reached, including the following: Exposure to PM <2.5 microm in diameter (PM(2.5)) over a few hours to weeks can trigger cardiovascular disease-related mortality and nonfatal events; longer-term exposure (eg, a few years) increases the risk for cardiovascular mortality to an even greater extent than exposures over a few days and reduces life expectancy within more highly exposed segments of the population by several months to a few years; reductions in PM levels are associated with decreases in cardiovascular mortality within a time frame as short as a few years; and many credible pathological mechanisms have been elucidated that lend biological plausibility to these findings. It is the opinion of the writing group that the overall evidence is consistent with a causal relationship between PM(2.5) exposure and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This body of evidence has grown and been strengthened substantially since the first American Heart Association scientific statement was published. Finally, PM(2.5) exposure is deemed a modifiable factor that contributes to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
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Linares C, Díaz J. Short-term effect of concentrations of fine particulate matter on hospital admissions due to cardiovascular and respiratory causes among the over-75 age group in Madrid, Spain. Public Health 2010; 124:28-36. [PMID: 20060145 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2009] [Revised: 10/14/2009] [Accepted: 11/16/2009] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study sought to analyse the effect of daily mean concentrations of fine particulate matter (diameter <2.5 microm; PM(2.5)) on hospital admissions due to circulatory and respiratory causes among an elderly population (>75 years) in Madrid between 2003 and 2005. STUDY DESIGN Ecological longitudinal time-series study. METHODS The dependent variable used was the daily number of emergency hospital admissions registered at the Gregorio Marañón University Teaching Hospital. The following causes were analysed: all causes [International Classification of Diseases 9th Version (ICD-9:1-799)], respiratory causes (ICD-9: 460-519) and circulatory causes (ICD-9: 390-459). Analysis focused on subjects over 75 years of age. Daily records of mean concentrations of PM(2.5), PM(10), NO(2), NO(x), SO(2) and O(3) in Madrid were used as independent variables. The control variables were seasonalities, trend, influenza epidemics, noise and pollen concentrations. Poisson regression models were constructed to calculate the relative risk (RR) and attributable risk (AR). Analyses were performed for the entire year and for the winter and summer. RESULTS PM(2.5) was the single primary pollutant that proved statistically significant in all models. The functional relationship with hospital admissions was linear and had no threshold. Taking the year as a whole, the RRs among people over 75 years of age for an increase of 10 microg/m(3) in PM(2.5) concentrations were: 1.038 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.022-1.053] for all causes at lag 0; 1.062 (95% CI 1.036-1.089) for circulatory causes at lag 0; and 1.049 (95% CI 1.019-1.078) for respiratory causes at lag 3. The ARs were 3.6%, 5.9% and 4.6%, respectively. These risks increased in winter and no statistically significant associations were observed in summer. PM(2.5) was the only primary pollutant that showed a statistically significant association with hospital admissions among people over 75 years of age in Madrid across the study period. CONCLUSION Measures should be implemented to reduce PM(2.5) concentrations in Madrid.
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- C Linares
- Cancer and Environmental Epidemiology Unit, National Centre for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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Polichetti G, Cocco S, Spinali A, Trimarco V, Nunziata A. Effects of particulate matter (PM(10), PM(2.5) and PM(1)) on the cardiovascular system. Toxicology 2009; 261:1-8. [PMID: 19379789 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2009] [Revised: 04/08/2009] [Accepted: 04/13/2009] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Several studies have demonstrated that exposure to particulate matter (PM) of different size fractions is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this review, we have taken into consideration the possible correlation between the "short term" and "long term" effects of PM exposure and the onset of CVDs as well as the possible molecular mechanisms by which PM elicits the development of these events. Particularly, it is here underlined that these adverse health effects depend not only on the level of PM concentration in the air but also on its particular internal composition. Furthermore, we have also synthesized the findings gleaned from those few studies indicating that PM produced by tobacco smoke can give rise to cardiovascular injury.
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- Giuliano Polichetti
- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Federico II University of Naples, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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Particulate air pollution, coronary heart disease and individual risk assessment: a general overview. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 16:10-5. [PMID: 19165090 DOI: 10.1097/hjr.0b013e32831de25d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Both long-term and short-term exposure to air pollution is associated with a marked increase in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality because of the coronary syndrome and its complications. The exact molecular mechanism that is responsible for these acute and chronic effects is not elucidated yet. Potential pathophysiological pathways, however, include vascular dysfunction, inflammation, and oxidative stress and altered cardiac autonomic dysfunction. Actually, the cardiovascular risk assessment for individual patients with regard to air pollution is still complicated. To support decision-making in clinic, we propose a risk model, named 'CardioVascular and AIR pollution' risk table, composed of acknowledged factors in the relationship of cardiovascular disease and air pollution.
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Fanning EW, Froines JR, Utell MJ, Lippmann M, Oberdörster G, Frampton M, Godleski J, Larson TV. Particulate matter (PM) research centers (1999-2005) and the role of interdisciplinary center-based research. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2009; 117:167-74. [PMID: 19270783 PMCID: PMC2649215 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2008] [Accepted: 09/15/2008] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funded five academic centers in 1999 to address the uncertainties in exposure, toxicity, and health effects of airborne particulate matter (PM) identified in the "Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter" of the National Research Council (NRC). The centers were structured to promote interdisciplinary approaches to address research priorities of the NRC. In this report, we present selected accomplishments from the first 6 years of the PM Centers, with a focus on the advantages afforded by the interdisciplinary, center-based research approach. The review highlights advances in the area of ultrafine particles and traffic-related health effects as well as cardiovascular and respiratory effects, mechanisms, susceptibility, and PM exposure and characterization issues. DATA SOURCES AND SYNTHESIS The collective publications of the centers served as the data source. To provide a concise synthesis of overall findings, authors representing each of the five centers identified a limited number of topic areas that serve to illustrate the key accomplishments of the PM Centers program, and a consensus statement was developed. CONCLUSIONS The PM Centers program has effectively applied interdisciplinary research approaches to advance PM science.
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- Elinor W Fanning
- Center for Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
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O'Toole TE, Conklin DJ, Bhatnagar A. Environmental risk factors for heart disease. REVIEWS ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 2008; 23:167-202. [PMID: 19119685 DOI: 10.1515/reveh.2008.23.3.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In this review, we discuss current evidence linking environmental pollutants to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Extensive evidence indicates that environmental factors contribute to CVD risk, incidence, and severity. Migrant studies show that changes in the environment could substantially alter CVD risk in a genetically stable population. Additionally, CVD risk is affected by changes in nutritional and lifestyle choices. Recent studies in the field of environmental cardiology suggest that environmental toxins also influence CVD. Exposure to tobacco smoke is paradigmatic of such environmental risk and is strongly and positively associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In animal models of exposure, tobacco smoke induces endothelial dysfunction and prothrombotic responses and exacerbates atherogenesis and myocardial ischemic injury. Similar mechanism may be engaged by other pollutants or food constituents. Several large population-based studies indicate that exposure to fine or ultrafine particulate air pollution increases CVD morbidity and mortality, and the plausibility of this association is supported by data from animal studies. Exposure to other chemicals such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons, aldehydes, and metals has also been reported to elevate CVD risk by affecting atherogenesis, thrombosis, or blood pressure regulation. Maternal exposure to drugs, toxins, and infection has been linked with cardiac birth defects and premature CVD in later life. Collectively, the data support the notion that chronic environmental stress is an important determinant of CVD risk. Further work is required to assess the magnitude of this risk fully and to delineate specific mechanisms by which environmental toxins affect CVD.
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- Timothy E O'Toole
- Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, United States of America
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Peretz A, Kaufman JD, Trenga CA, Allen J, Carlsten C, Aulet MR, Adar SD, Sullivan JH. Effects of diesel exhaust inhalation on heart rate variability in human volunteers. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2008; 107:178-84. [PMID: 18329013 PMCID: PMC2518070 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2007] [Revised: 11/27/2007] [Accepted: 01/16/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Particulate matter (PM) air pollution is associated with alterations in cardiac conductance and sudden cardiac death in epidemiological studies. Traffic-related air pollutants, including diesel exhaust (DE) may be at least partly responsible for these effects. In this experimental study we assessed whether short-term exposure to DE would result in alterations in heart rate variability (HRV), a non-invasive measure of autonomic control of the heart. METHODS In a double-blind, crossover, controlled-exposure study, 16 adult volunteers were exposed (at rest) in randomized order to filtered air (FA) and two levels of diluted DE (100 or 200 microg/m(3) of fine particulate matter) in 2-h sessions. Before, and at four time points after each exposure we assessed HRV. HRV parameters assessed included both time domain statistics (standard deviation of N-N intervals (SDNN), and the square root of the mean of the sum of squared differences between successive N-N intervals (RMSSD)) and frequency domain statistics (high-frequency (HF) power, low-frequency (LF) power, and the LF/HF ratio). RESULTS We observed an effect at 3-h after initiation of DE inhalation on the frequency domain statistics of HRV. DE at 200 microg/m(3) elicited an increase in HF power compared to FA (Delta=0.33; 95% CI: 0.01-0.7) and a decrease in LF/HF ratio (Delta=-0.74; 95% CI: -1.2 to -0.2). The effect of DE on HF power was not consistent among study participants. There was no DE effect on time domain statistics and no significant DE effect on HRV in later time points. CONCLUSIONS We did not observe a consistent DE effect on the autonomic control of the heart in a controlled-exposure experiment in young participants. Efforts are warranted to understand discrepancies between epidemiological and experimental studies of air pollution's impact on HRV.
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- Alon Peretz
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Kaufman JD. Air pollution and mortality: are we closer to understanding the how? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007; 176:325-6. [PMID: 17675451 PMCID: PMC2720109 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200705-647ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Rowan WH, Campen MJ, Wichers LB, Watkinson WP. Heart rate variability in rodents: uses and caveats in toxicological studies. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2007; 7:28-51. [PMID: 17646680 DOI: 10.1007/s12012-007-0004-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Heart rate variability (HRV) is a measure of cardiac pacing dynamics that has recently garnered a great deal of interest in environmental health studies. While the use of these measures has become popular, much uncertainty remains in the interpretation of results, both in terms of human and animal research. In humans, HRV endpoints, specifically chronic alterations in baseline HRV patterns, have been reasonably well characterized as prognostic indicators of adverse outcomes for a variety of diseases. However, such information is lacking for reversible HRV changes that may be induced by short-term exposures to environmental toxicants. Furthermore, there are minimal substantive data, either acute or chronic, regarding the pathological interpretation or prognostic value of toxicant-induced changes in HRV in rodents. The present report summarizes the physiological and clinical aspects of HRV, the methodological processes for obtaining these endpoints, and previous human and animal studies in the field of environmental health. Furthermore, we include a discussion of important caveats and recommendations for the interpretation of HRV data in animal research.
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- William H Rowan
- Pulmonary Toxicology Branch, Experimental Toxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
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Yeatts K, Svendsen E, Creason J, Alexis N, Herbst M, Scott J, Kupper L, Williams R, Neas L, Cascio W, Devlin RB, Peden DB. Coarse particulate matter (PM2.5-10) affects heart rate variability, blood lipids, and circulating eosinophils in adults with asthma. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2007; 115:709-14. [PMID: 17520057 PMCID: PMC1867980 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2006] [Accepted: 01/18/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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INTRODUCTION We investigated whether markers of airway and systemic inflammation, as well as heart rate variability (HRV) in asthmatics, change in response to fluctuations in ambient particulate matter (PM) in the coarse [PM with aerodynamic diameter 2.5-10 microm (PM(2.5-10))] and fine (PM(2.5)) size range. METHODS Twelve adult asthmatics, living within a 30-mile radius of an atmospheric monitoring site in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, were followed over a 12-week period. Daily PM(2.5-10) and PM(2.5) concentrations were measured separately for each 24-hr period. Each subject had nine clinic visits, at which spirometric measures and peripheral blood samples for analysis of lipids, inflammatory cells, and coagulation-associated proteins were obtained. We also assessed HRV [SDNN24HR (standard deviation of all normal-to-normal intervals in a 24-hr recording), ASDNN5 (mean of the standard deviation in all 5-min segments of a 24-hr recording)] with four consecutive 24-hr ambulatory electrocardiogram measurements. Linear mixed models with a spatial covariance matrix structure and a 1-day lag were used to assess potential associations between PM levels and cardiopulmonary end points. RESULTS For a 1-microg/m(3) increase in coarse PM, SDNN24HR, and ASDNN5 decreased 3.36% (p = 0.02), and 0.77%, (p = 0.05) respectively. With a 1-microg/m(3) increase in coarse PM, circulating eosinophils increased 0.16% (p = 0.01), triglycerides increased 4.8% (p = 0.02), and very low-density lipoprotein increased 1.15% (p = 0.01). No significant associations were found with fine PM, and none with lung function. CONCLUSION These data suggest that small temporal increases in ambient coarse PM are sufficient to affect important cardiopulmonary and lipid parameters in adults with asthma. Coarse PM may have underappreciated health effects in susceptible populations.
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- Karin Yeatts
- Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7310, USA.
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Fischer SL, Koshland CP. Field performance of a nephelometer in rural kitchens: effects of high humidity excursions and correlations to gravimetric analyses. JOURNAL OF EXPOSURE SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 2007; 17:141-50. [PMID: 16670712 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Rural kitchens of solid-fuel burning households constitute the microenvironment responsible for the majority of human exposures to health-damaging air pollutants, particularly respirable particles and carbon monoxide. Portable nephelometers facilitate cheaper, more precise, time-resolved characterization of particles in rural homes than are attainable by gravitational methods alone. However, field performance of nephelometers must contend with aerosols that are highly variable in terms of chemical content, size, and relative humidity. Previous field validations of nephelometer performance in residential settings explore relatively low particle concentrations, with the vast majority of 24-h average gravitational PM2.5 concentrations falling below 40 microg/m3. We investigate relationships between 24-h gravitational particle measurements and nephelometric data logged by the personal DataRAM (pDR) in highly polluted rural Chinese kitchens, where gravitationally determined 24-h average respirable particle concentrations were as high as 700 microg/m3. We find that where relative humidity remained below 95%, nephelometric response was strongly linear despite complex mixtures of aerosols and variable ambient conditions. Where 95% relative humidity was exceeded for even a brief duration, nephelometrically determined 24-h mean particle concentrations were nonsystematically distorted relative to gravitational data, and neither concurrent relative humidity measurements nor use of robust statistical measures of central tendency offered means of correction. This nonsystematic distortion is particularly problematic for rural exposure assessment studies, which emphasize upper quantiles of time-resolved particle measurements within 24-h samples. Precise, accurate interpretation of nephelometrically resolved short-term particle concentrations requires calibration based on short-term gravitational sampling.
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- Susan L Fischer
- Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Kurosawa T, Iwata T, Dakeishi M, Ohno T, Tsukada M, Murata K. Interaction between resting pulmonary ventilation function and cardiac autonomic function assessed by heart rate variability in young adults. Biomed Res 2007; 28:205-11. [PMID: 17878600 DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.28.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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An association between ambient air pollution and reduced cardiac autonomic function assessed by heart rate variability (HRV) mainly in elderly persons has been suggested by a number of epidemiological studies, but the link between the HRV and pulmonary function in humans remains unknown although such air pollution should primarily affect pulmonary function. To clarify this link, pulmonary ventilation parameters such as oxygen uptake (V(O(2))) and carbon dioxide output (V(CO(2))), as well as the HRV with spectral analysis (high- and low-frequency components of HRV, i.e., CCV(HF) and CCV(LF), reflecting cardiac parasympathetic and sympathetic activities, respectively), were measured in 66 healthy women aged 19-20 years after an overnight fast of 12 h. Significant correlations were found between the CCV(HF) of HRV and both the end-tidal carbon dioxide concentration (FET(CO(2))) and gas exchange ratio (V(CO(2))/V(O(2))) in the subjects (partial correlation coefficients r = 0.354 and 0.320, respectively), whereas there was no significant connection between the FET(CO(2)) and the V(CO(2))/V(O(2)). Similarly, the CCV(LF) correlated significantly with the resting tidal volume of lung (r = 0.364). These findings suggest that resting pulmonary ventilation function interacts with cardiac autonomic function assessed by the HRV, at least in healthy young adults, which may be useful for explaining the pathophysiology concerning the short-term effect of air pollution such as fine particulate matter on cardiovascular function.
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- Tomoko Kurosawa
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan
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Adar SD, Gold DR, Coull BA, Schwartz J, Stone PH, Suh H. Focused Exposures to Airborne Traffic Particles and Heart Rate Variability in the Elderly. Epidemiology 2007; 18:95-103. [PMID: 17149139 DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000249409.81050.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND : Exposure to airborne particles may increase cardiac risk by altering autonomic balance. Because these risks may be particularly great for traffic-related particles, we examined associations between particles and heart rate variability as 44 subjects participated in 4 repeated trips aboard a diesel bus. METHODS : Twenty-four hour electrocardiograms were correlated with continuous particle concentrations using generalized additive models controlling for subject, weekday, time, apparent temperature, trip type, activity, medications, and autoregressive terms. Associations were assessed for short- and medium-term moving averages of measured concentrations. RESULTS : Heart rate variability was negatively associated with fine particulate matter. Positive associations were demonstrated with heart rate and the low-to-high frequency power ratio. Associations were strongest with 24-hour mean concentrations, although strong short-term associations also were found during bus periods, independent of daily exposures. Overall, associations were greatest for high-frequency power with the following effects per interquartile change in the 24-hour mean concentrations: -15% (95% confidence interval = -17% to -14%) for PM2.5 (4.6 mug/m); -19% (-21% to -17%) for black carbon (459 ng/m); and -14% (-15% to -12%) for fine particle counts (39 pt/cm). For each interquartile change in the 5-minute PM2.5 concentration (10 mug/m) aboard the bus, an 11% (95% confidence interval = -14% to -8%) decrease in high-frequency power was observed. CONCLUSIONS : This investigation indicates that fine particles are negatively associated with heart rate variability, with an overall trend towards reduced parasympathetic tone. Although daily associations were evident for all particles, short-term associations were predominantly limited to traffic-related particles.
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- Sara Dubowsky Adar
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Chen JC, Stone PH, Verrier RL, Nearing BD, MacCallum G, Kim JY, Herrick RF, You J, Zhou H, Christiani DC. Personal Coronary Risk Profiles Modify Autonomic Nervous System Responses to Air Pollution. J Occup Environ Med 2006; 48:1133-42. [PMID: 17099449 DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000245675.85924.7e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We investigated whether PM2.5-mediated autonomic modulation depends on individual coronary risk profiles. METHODS Five-minute average heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV, including standard deviation of normal-to-normal intervals [SDNN], square root of the mean squared differences of successive NN intervals [rMSSD], high frequency [HF]) were measured from 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiograms, and personal PM(2.5) exposures were monitored in a prospective study of 10 male boilermakers (aged 34.3 +/- 8.1 years). We used the Framingham score to classify individuals into low (score = 1-3) and high (score = 5-6) risk categories. Mixed-effect models were used for statistical analyses. RESULTS Each 1-mg/m(3) increase in the preceding 4-hour moving average PM(2.5) was associated with HR increase (5.3 beats/min) and HRV reduction (11.7%, confidence interval [CI] = 6.2-17.1% for SDNN; 11.1%, CI = 3.1-19.1% for rMSSD; 16.6%, CI = 1.5-31.7% for HF). Greater responses (2- to 4-fold differences) were observed in high-risk subjects than in low-risk subjects. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that adverse autonomic responses to metal particulate are aggravated in workers with higher coronary risk profiles.
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- Jiu-Chiuan Chen
- Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Anselme F, Loriot S, Henry JP, Dionnet F, Napoleoni JG, Thuillez C, Morin JP. Inhalation of diluted diesel engine emission impacts heart rate variability and arrhythmia occurrence in a rat model of chronic ischemic heart failure. Arch Toxicol 2006; 81:299-307. [PMID: 17024498 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-006-0147-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2006] [Accepted: 08/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Both increase in cardiac arrhythmia incidence and decrease in heart rate variability (HRV) have been described following human and experimental animal exposures to air pollutants. However, the potential causal relationship between these two factors remains unclear. Incidence of ventricular arrhythmia and HRV were evaluated during and after a 3 h period of Diesel engine exhaust exposure in ten healthy and ten chronic ischemic heart failure (CHF, 3 months after coronary ligation) Wistar rats using implantable ECG telemetry. Air pollutants were delivered to specifically designed whole body individual exposure chambers at particulate matter concentrations similar to those measured inside cabins of cars inserted in congested urban traffic. Recordings were obtained from unrestrained and unsedated vigil rats. Immediate decrease in RMSSD was observed in both healthy (6.64 +/- 2.62 vs. 4.89 +/- 1.67 ms, P < 0.05) and CHF rats (8.01 +/- 0.89 vs. 6.6 +/- 1.37 ms, P < 0.05) following exposure. An immediate 200-500% increase in ventricular premature beats was observed in CHF rats only. Whereas HRV progressively returned to baseline values within 2.5 h after exposure start, the proarrhythmic effect persisted as late as 5 h after exposure termination in CHF rats. Persistence of ventricular proarrhythmic effects after HRV normalization suggests that HRV reduction is not the mechanism of cardiac arrhythmias in this model. Our methodological approach, closely reflecting the real clinical situations, appeared to be a unique tool to provide further insight into the pathophysiological mechanisms of traffic related airborne pollution health impact.
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- Frédéric Anselme
- Service de Cardiologie, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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Haddrell AE, van Eeden SF, Agnes GR. Dose–response studies involving controlled deposition of less than 100 particles generated and levitated in an ac trap onto lung cells, in vitro, and quantitation of ICAM-1 differential expression. Toxicol In Vitro 2006; 20:1030-9. [PMID: 16510264 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2006.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2005] [Revised: 01/10/2006] [Accepted: 01/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A developing area of interest regarding the relationship between the adverse health effects associated with particles suspended in the troposphere is an understanding of how particle chemical composition influences different biological outcomes. Described is the development and application of an apparatus and methodology wherein a known number of particles of tropospherically relevant chemical composition can be designed and levitated in an alternating current (ac) trap followed by their controlled deposition directly from the ac trap onto air-liquid interface cultured lung cells. A downstream biological response, differential upregulation of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, was measurable using fluorescence microscopy in the air-liquid interface human lung cell cultures even though the dose per culture was 0-100 lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-containing elemental carbon particles (52 pg LPS per 6.3 microm diameter particle). Fluorescence emission intensity data measured from a 1 mm2 area centered over the site of particle deposition were fitted using a least squares linear regression line. Because the total mass of each different compound comprising each of the particles delivered to the culture was known, the data generated with this methodology can be expressed as a pro-inflammation potential (in this case ICAM-1 expression) per particle number and composition. Also described is how this methodology affords opportunities to quantitatively study pro-inflammatory intercellular signaling leading to ICAM-1 expression at sites distal to the site of particle deposition.
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- Allen E Haddrell
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6
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Bai N, Khazaei M, van Eeden SF, Laher I. The pharmacology of particulate matter air pollution-induced cardiovascular dysfunction. Pharmacol Ther 2006; 113:16-29. [PMID: 16920197 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2006.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2006] [Accepted: 06/14/2006] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Since the London fog of 1952, in which more than 4000 people were killed in 4 days, the combined efforts of scientists from several disciplines, including those from the environmental health, clinical and biomedical disciplines, have raised serious concerns about the impact of air pollutants on human health. These environmental pollutants are rapidly being recognized as important and independent risk factors for several diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease and stroke. Although the relative effects of particulate matter air pollution (aerodynamic diameter <10 microm, or PM(10)) are greater for respiratory than for cardiovascular deaths, the number of deaths attributable to PM(10) is much larger for cardiovascular than for respiratory reasons due to the higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the general population. This review summarizes current understanding of the mechanisms underlying the associations between PM(10) exposure and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
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- Ni Bai
- University of British Columbia, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, 2176 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
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Lipsett MJ, Tsai FC, Roger L, Woo M, Ostro BD. Coarse particles and heart rate variability among older adults with coronary artery disease in the Coachella Valley, California. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2006; 114:1215-20. [PMID: 16882528 PMCID: PMC1552018 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Alterations in cardiac autonomic control, assessed by changes in heart rate variability (HRV), provide one plausible mechanistic explanation for consistent associations between exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) and increased risks of cardiovascular mortality. Decreased HRV has been linked with exposures to PM10 (PM with aerodynamic diameter<or=10 microm) and with fine particles (PM with aerodynamic diameter<or=2.5 microm) originating primarily from combustion sources. However, little is known about the relationship between HRV and coarse particles [PM with aerodynamic diameter 10-2.5 microm (PM10-2.5)], which typically result from entrainment of dust and soil or from mechanical abrasive processes in industry and transportation. We measured several HRV variables in 19 nonsmoking older adults with coronary artery disease residing in the Coachella Valley, California, a desert resort and retirement area in which ambient PM10 consists predominantly of PM10-2.5. Study subjects wore Holter monitors for 24 hr once per week for up to 12 weeks during spring 2000. Pollutant concentrations were assessed at nearby fixed-site monitors. We used mixed models that controlled for individual-specific effects to examine relationships between air pollutants and several HRV metrics. Decrements in several measures of HRV were consistently associated with both PM10 and PM10-2.5; however, there was little relationship of HRV variables with PM2.5 concentrations. The magnitude of the associations (approximately 1-4% decrease in HRV per 10-microg/m3 increase in PM10 or PM10-2.5) was comparable with those observed in several other studies of PM. Elevated levels of ambient PM10-2.5 may adversely affect HRV in older subjects with coronary artery disease.
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- Michael J Lipsett
- California Department of Health Services, Environmental Health Investigations Branch, Richmond, California 94804-6403, USA.
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Luttmann-Gibson H, Suh HH, Coull BA, Dockery DW, Sarnat SE, Schwartz J, Stone PH, Gold DR. Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Heart Rate Variability in Senior Adults in Steubenville, Ohio. J Occup Environ Med 2006; 48:780-8. [PMID: 16902370 DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000229781.27181.7d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We examined the association between ambient air pollution levels and heart rate variability (HRV) in a panel study of 32 subjects. METHODS We used linear mixed models to analyze the effects of fine particles (PM2.5), sulfate (SO4), elemental carbon (EC), and gases on log-transformed standard deviation of normal RR intervals (SDNN), mean square of differences between adjacent RR intervals (r-MSSD), and high- and low-frequency power (HF, LF). RESULTS An interquartile range (IQR) increase of 5.1 mug/m in SO4 on the previous day was associated with a decrease of -3.3% SDNN (95% confidence = -6.0% to -0.5%), -5.6% r-MSSD (-10.7% to -0.2%), and -10.3% HF (-19.5% to -0.1%). Associations with total PM2.5 were similar. HRV was not associated with EC, NO2, SO2, or O3. CONCLUSION In addition to traffic-related particles, elevated levels of sulfate particles may also adversely affect autonomic function.
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- Heike Luttmann-Gibson
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
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Wheeler A, Zanobetti A, Gold DR, Schwartz J, Stone P, Suh HH. The relationship between ambient air pollution and heart rate variability differs for individuals with heart and pulmonary disease. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2006; 114:560-6. [PMID: 16581546 PMCID: PMC1440781 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Associations between concentrations of ambient fine particles [particulate matter < 2.5 microm aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5)] and heart rate variability (HRV) have differed by study population. We examined the effects of ambient pollution on HRV for 18 individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 12 individuals with recent myocardial infarction (MI) living in Atlanta, Georgia. HRV, baseline pulmonary function, and medication data were collected for each participant on 7 days in fall 1999 and/or spring 2000. Hourly ambient pollution concentrations were obtained from monitoring sites in Atlanta. The association between ambient pollution and HRV was examined using linear mixed-effect models. Ambient pollution had opposing effects on HRV in our COPD and MI participants, resulting in no significant effect of ambient pollution on HRV in the entire population for 1-, 4-, or 24-hr moving averages. For individuals with COPD, interquartile range (IQR) increases in 4-hr ambient PM2.5 (11.65 microg/m3)) and nitrogen dioxide (11.97 ppb) were associated with 8.3% [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.7-15.3%] and 7.7% (95% CI, 0.1-15.9%) increase in the SD of normal R-R intervals (SDNN), respectively. For individuals with MI, IQR increases in 4-hr PM2.5 (8.54 microg/m3) and NO2 (9.25 ppb) were associated with a nonsignificant 2.9% (95% CI, -7.8 to 2.3) and significant 12.1 (95% CI, -19.5 to -4.0) decrease in SDNN. Beta-blocker and bronchodilator intake and baseline forced expiratory volume in 1 sec modified the PM-SDNN association significantly, with effects consistent with those by disease group. Results indicate heterogeneity in the autonomic response to air pollution due to differences in baseline health, with significant associations for ambient NO2 suggesting an important role for traffic-related pollution.
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Cascio WE. Cardiopulmonary Health Effects of Air Pollution:Is a Mechanism Emerging? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005; 172:1482-4. [PMID: 16444821 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2508004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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